Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.12

c9.12

Bālaka, country 100 Balantipyrgon, town 133 Balasore-Cuttack-Puri region, 152 Baleokouros (Vilivāyakura), king, 134 Balepatna, locality 122 Balhika, Bālhika, same as Bāhlika, etc. 14n; living in the Balkh region of Northern Afghanistan 27, 30 Bālika, probably the same as Bāhlika 96 Balita, probably modern Varkkalai 118 Balkh, same as Bactra (Baktra), city in Northern Afghanistan 73-74, 114, 151n Ballāvar (Ballāwar), locality 157 Ballāwar, same as old Vallāpura, also spelt Ballāvar, locality 157 Balonga, metropolitan city 139 Balongka, v. l. Kalongka, locality 142 Baltistān, see Byltai 146 Baltipatna, locality 122 Baluchistan-Makran region, same as Greek Gedrosia 121 Bālukā, see Poh-lu-kia, territory 151n Bāluvāhinī, river 86 Bāmahūr, locality 156 Bamhanavāhaka, same as Bahmanābād, Brāhmaṇavāha, Bamhawā, town 101 Bamhawā, same as Brāhmaṇavāha and Bahmanābād, town 157 Bamiyan, see Fan-yen-na, territory 151n Bammala, locality 123 Bammogoura, city 131 Banagara, town 130 Banaouasei, same as Banavāsi in the North Kanara District 135 Bāṇapura, same as Devīkoṭa, locality 104-05 Banārasi, corruption of Vārāṇasī 155 Banās, same as Parṇāśā, river 85 Banavās, same as Banavāsi, city 156 Banavāsi, city 79; also spelt Banavāsi 100, 156, 162; see Baṇaouasei 135